"When the Federal Government shut down in October of this last year, it seemed as if the administration used all of the lessons, frankly, from years of Chicago land style politics to do what they could..."
"In Utah there are five national parks, seven national monuments, two national recreation areas, six national forests. In fact, 70 percent of my State is controlled by the Federal Government."
"This is not a situation that we welcome in the West. You know, to be very honest, we wish we controlled more of our land, such as they do in the East, but that is not the case."
"the impacts were very real, were very severe, to the tune, again, of millions of dollars impacting very small communities"
"It will have great economic cost. By the EPA's own estimate, $90 billion."
"To quote John Adams: 'Facts are stubborn things.'"
"The significance of EPA's proposed New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for new power plants cannot be understated."
"Most troubling, however, is the proposal appears to be based on a hypothetical plant."
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes., our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
"This policy of picking winners and losers through environmental regulations is reckless and dangerous."
"In the midst of a crisis, should the Federal Government choose to make things better or should they choose to make things worse?"
"many Americans view you not as an advocate, but as an adversary."